https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182359 Section 3-A of the Bombay Housing Board Act, 1948 validly exempted land and buildings of the Housing Board from the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The classification between tenants of Government, local authority or Board premises and tenants of private landlords was upheld because the Board was a Government-sponsored, non-profit housing body created to address housing shortage, so the two classes were not similarly situated. The exemption bore an intelligible differentia with a rational relation to the object of rent-control legislation. The challenge under Article 14 therefore failed, and the provision was sustained. en-us Fri, 18 Dec 1953 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 13:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182359 Section 3-A of the Bombay Housing Board Act, 1948 validly exempted land and buildings of the Housing Board from the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The classification between tenants of Government, local authority or Board premises and tenants of private landlords was upheld because the Board was a Government-sponsored, non-profit housing body created to address housing shortage, so the two classes were not similarly situated. The exemption bore an intelligible differentia with a rational relation to the object of rent-control legislation. The challenge under Article 14 therefore failed, and the provision was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Dec 1953 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182359